James Fraser

'Jim Fraser has been at the forefront of forensic science in the UK for decades... A superb story of real-life CSI.' - Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes 'Powerful... Fascinating' - Independent Most murders are not difficult to solve. People are usually killed by someone they know, there is usually abundant evidence, and the police methods used to...

An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury—together with its positive and negative connotations—in imperial Persia, democratic Athens, and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE. "Luxuriously illustrated" - Asian Review of Books Luxurious objects are celebrated for their exoticism, rarity, and style, but also disparaged as indulgent, extravagant, and corrupt. The ancient origins of these attitudes emerged at...